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On Tuesday, March 31st, Robert Stavins will present the Bernard I. Fain Lecture, “What Can an Economist Possibly Have to Say about Climate Change?”

The Fain Lecture is a public lecture for the broader University and Providence communities, especially undergraduates. It is supported by the Fain Lectureship Fund.

Stavins is the Albert Pratt Professor of Business and Government at the Kennedy School, Harvard University, Director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Brown Economics in conjunction with Brown Applied Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science departments are pleased to be involved in "The Next 250 Years Symposium" to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Brown University. The theme of this symposium is the figure of John Von Nuemann.

Stelios Michalopoulos is a winner of a 2015 Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The Excellence Awards are given to four scholars with the goal of building "a community of the brightest young researchers in the area of global economic affairs."

Daniel Mejia, who completed his Ph.D. at Brown in 2006, was awarded the 2015 Juan Luis Londono prize, which is awarded every other year for the best Colombian economist under the age of 40. Mejia is a professor at Universidad de los Andes.